From: Eric Sandeen Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:59:18 +0000 (-0600) Subject: ext3: Remove outdated comment about lock_super() X-Git-Tag: v2.6.33-rc2~18^2~8 X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ed505ee454dbf133b1a4067d3ac0325d4261eda1 ext3: Remove outdated comment about lock_super() ext3_fill_super() is no longer called by read_super(), and it is no longer called with the superblock locked. The unlock_super()/lock_super() is no longer present, so this comment is entirely superfluous. Port of ext4 commit 32ed5058ce90024efcd811254b4b1de0468099df by Theodore Ts'o . CC: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index 7ad1e8c..8ad566b 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/super.c +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -2014,14 +2014,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) } ext3_setup_super (sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY); - /* - * akpm: core read_super() calls in here with the superblock locked. - * That deadlocks, because orphan cleanup needs to lock the superblock - * in numerous places. Here we just pop the lock - it's relatively - * harmless, because we are now ready to accept write_super() requests, - * and aviro says that's the only reason for hanging onto the - * superblock lock. - */ + EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT3_ORPHAN_FS; ext3_orphan_cleanup(sb, es); EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state &= ~EXT3_ORPHAN_FS;